WM Chapter 17 Urban Wildlife

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WM Chapter 17 Urban Wildlife
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1. Which species are found in urban areas rank
from common to occasional.

• Skunk lizards
• Raccoon Red fox
• Opposum Rabbit
• Gray squirrel Rats mice
• Songbirds coyotes
• Owl raptors moles
• Deer groundhogs
• Moose other
• Cougar

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2. Give 5 examples of urban spaces used by
wildlife. Describe features found in each.

• Cemetaries
• Parks
• Homes
• Schools
• Golf course, ditches

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3. Why is urban wildlife a problem?

• Problem Caused by
• Disease several
• Trash raccoon, bear, rats
• Structural damage Rodents, squirrels
• Injury bites rodents
• Road kill car wrecks deer, raccoon,
• What is the most common roadkill in Jax?
• Plant damage deer, rabbits

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4. Discuss the case of Peregrine Falcons.

• DDT
• Clift Dwellers
• Pigeons
• City sky scrapers chicago and New York City

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5. Which species often do better in cities why?

• Prey - Raccoons, mice, rabbits, squirrels
• Fewer predators
• Shelter
• Nest spaces
• Water
• food

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6. Which species cause the most damage to humans
in urban settings?

• Rodents structural electrical feces
  diseases (hantavirus, etc)
• Raccoons, bats - structural disease (rabies)
• Squirrels structural, - disease typhoid,
• Rabbits, deer plant damage
• Moles - lawns